China is under no illusion about what would happen if it attempted to invade Siberia. Russia would fight like a maniac and go nuclear in the event they were being pushed out of Siberia. Russians are thin on the ground unlike the Chinese and more immune to nuclear war.
“China is under no illusion about what would happen if it attempted to invade Siberia. Russia would fight like a maniac and go nuclear in the event they were being pushed out of Siberia. Russians are thin on the ground unlike the Chinese and more immune to nuclear war.”
Unlike Russia there are few doubts about the functionality of Chinese nuclear weapons. Also, is Russia willing to commit national suicide over losing something that doesn’t belong to them anyway?
I don’t see the people in St. Petersburg and Moscow hunkering down in the subways while Chinese nukes light off above them all so Vlad can say he hung onto Siberia.